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1. A control apparatus which receives a radiation image from a radiation imaging apparatus, the control apparatus comprising: a storage unit configured to store examination information and a radiation image received from the radiation imaging apparatus in accordance with the examination information; a determination unit configured to determine whether any unreceived radiation image exists, at the time of activation, based on a storage state of a radiation image corresponding to the examination information in the storage unit; and a request unit configured to request, in response to a predetermined operation input from a user, the radiation imaging apparatus to transmit a radiation image when the determination unit determines that the unreceived radiation image exists.
2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the determination unit further determines, at the time of activation, whether a previous termination is an abnormal termination, and determines whether the unreceived radiation image exists, upon determining that the previous termination is an abnormal termination.
3. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the determination unit determines whether the unreceived radiation image exists, if a radiation image corresponding to the examination information is not stored in the storage unit.
4. The apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the request unit requests the radiation imaging apparatus to transmit a radiation image corresponding to the examination information.
5. The apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a display unit configured to display a message if the determination unit determines that an unreceived radiation image exists.
6. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the request unit transmits a radiation image corresponding to a newest imaging date and time to the radiation imaging apparatus.
7. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the request unit requests an imaging apparatus, of a plurality of imaging apparatuses connected to the control apparatus, which is specified by identification information included in the examination information to retransmit a radiation image.
8. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the request unit requests a radiation imaging apparatus used in an examination executed at the time of a previous termination to transmit a radiation image.
9. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined operation includes an input of examination information concerning another patient and an examination start instruction.
10. A radiation imaging apparatus comprising: a storage unit configured to store a radiation image obtained by radiation imaging; a determination unit configured to determine whether an untransmitted radiation image exists in the storage unit, establishing a communication connection to a control apparatus; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the untransmitted radiation image to the control apparatus in response to a predetermined operation by a user, if the determination unit determines that an untransmitted radiation image exists.
11. The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the storage unit stores examination information obtained from the control apparatus and the radiation image obtained by radiation imaging in association with each other, and the transmitting unit transmits the untransmitted radiation image and the examination information associated with the radiation image to the control apparatus.
12. A radiation imaging apparatus which transmits an obtained radiation image to a control apparatus, the apparatus comprising: a receiving unit configured to receive identification information of an apparatus at a transfer destination from the control apparatus; a storage unit configured to store a radiation image obtained by radiation imaging; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the stored radiation image to the apparatus at the transfer destination based on the identification information, when transmission of the radiation image stored in the storage unit to the control apparatus fails.
13. A radiation imaging apparatus which transmits an obtained radiation image to a control apparatus, the apparatus comprising: a receiving unit configured to receive identification information of an imaging order from the control apparatus; a storage unit configured to store a radiation image obtained by radiation imaging and the identification information in association with each other; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the stored radiation image and the identification information to an external apparatus in accordance with a transmission request of the radiation image from the external apparatus, when transmission of the radiation image stored in the storage unit to the control apparatus fails.
14. A control method for a control apparatus which receives a radiation image from a radiation imaging apparatus, the method comprising: determining whether an unreceived radiation image to be received from the radiation imaging apparatus exists, at the time of activation; and requesting, in response to a predetermined operation input from a user, the radiation imaging apparatus to transmit a radiation image, if it is determined that the unreceived radiation image exists.
15. A control method for a radiation imaging apparatus which transmits an obtained radiation image to a control apparatus, the method comprising: receiving identification information of an apparatus at a transfer destination from the control apparatus; storing a radiation image obtained by radiation imaging in a storage unit; and transmitting the stored radiation image to the apparatus at the transfer destination based on the identification information, when transmission of the radiation image stored in the storage unit to the control apparatus fails.
16. A control method for a radiation imaging apparatus which transmits an obtained radiation image to a control apparatus, the method comprising: receiving identification information of an imaging order from the control apparatus; storing a radiation image obtained by radiation imaging and the identification information in a storage unit in association with each other; and transmitting the stored radiation image and the identification information to an external apparatus in accordance with a transmission request of the radiation image from the external apparatus, when transmission of the radiation image stored in the storage unit to the control apparatus fails.
17. A radiation imaging system in which a control apparatus receives a radiation image from a radiation imaging apparatus via a network, the control apparatus comprising: a determination unit configured to determine, at the time of activation, whether an unreceived radiation image to be received from the radiation imaging apparatus exists; and a request unit configured to request, in response to a predetermined operation input from a user, the radiation imaging apparatus to transmit a radiation image when the determination unit determines that the unreceived radiation image exists.
18. A radiation imaging system in which a control apparatus receives a radiation image from a radiation imaging apparatus via a network, the radiation imaging apparatus comprising: a receiving unit configured to receive identification information of an apparatus at a transfer destination from the control apparatus; a storage unit configured to store a radiation image obtained by radiation imaging; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the stored radiation image to the apparatus at the transfer destination based on the identification information, when transmission of the radiation image stored in the storage unit to the control apparatus fails.
19. A radiation imaging system in which a control apparatus receives a radiation image from a radiation imaging apparatus via a network, the radiation imaging apparatus comprising: a receiving unit configured to receive identification information of an imaging order from the control apparatus; a storage unit configured to store a radiation image obtained by radiation imaging and the identification information in association with each other; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the stored radiation image and the identification information to an external apparatus in accordance with a transmission request of the radiation image from the external apparatus, when transmission of the radiation image stored in the storage unit to the control apparatus fails.
20. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute each step in a control method for a control apparatus which receives a radiation image from a radiation imaging apparatus, the method comprising: determining whether an unreceived radiation image to be received from the radiation imaging apparatus exists, at the time of activation; and requesting, in response to a predetermined operation input from a user, the radiation imaging apparatus to transmit a radiation image, if it is determined that the unreceived radiation image exists.
21. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute each step in a control method for a radiation imaging apparatus which transmits an obtained radiation image to a control apparatus, the method comprising: receiving identification information of an apparatus at a transfer destination from the control apparatus; storing a radiation image obtained by radiation imaging in a storage unit; and transmitting the stored radiation image to the apparatus at the transfer destination based on the identification information, when transmission of the radiation image stored in the storage unit to the control apparatus fails.
22. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute each step in a control method for a radiation imaging apparatus which transmits an obtained radiation image to a control apparatus, the method comprising: receiving identification information of an imaging order from the control apparatus; storing a radiation image obtained by radiation imaging and the identification information in a storage unit in association with each other; and transmitting the stored radiation image and the identification information to an external apparatus in accordance with a transmission request of the radiation image from the external apparatus, when transmission of the radiation image stored in the storage unit to the control apparatus fails.
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July 11, 2017
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